By ALESHA CAPONE
WILLIAMSTOWN Hospital has exceeded statewide targets for patient treatment and emergency department operation, according to a new report.
Last week the State Government released the Victorian Health Services Performance Report for April to June this year.
The report provides a snapshot of how all hospitals across the state are performing– and the latest data shows Williamstown Hospital operated by Western Health is in good shape.
The hospital’s emergency department immediately treated 100 per cent of all Category 1 patients within the period.
Emergency patients are ranked from one to five, with one being the most urgent cases.
Williamstown Hospital also saw 90 per cent of Category 2 patients within 10 minutes, compared to the statewide target of 80 per cent.
The hospital treated 96 per cent of Category 3 patients within 30 minutes and 95 per cent of Category 4 patients within one hour.
Patients in categories one to three waited an average of nine minutes in the emergency department.
Western health CEO Associate Professor Alex Cockram said the figures showed an increasing demand for the hospital’s services.
“There are a number of areas where we are performing better than the state average and some areas where there is more work to be done to improve our performance,” Associate Prof Cockram said.
“During the quarter, Western Health admitted several hundred additional patients compared with the same quarter last year.”
From April to June this year Williamstown Hospital treated more than 3080 patients and its emergency department saw 530 people admitted.
All patients who arrived at the hospital via ambulance were reportedly treated within 40 minutes compared to the Victorian benchmark of 90 per cent.
In addition 100 per cent of the hospital’s Category 1 urgent elective surgery patients received their operations within 30 days.
